Hurrah for you Mr. Gingrich for refusing to sign the anti-gay-marriage pledge.and hurrah for you when you spoke against the Paul Ryan Report. I'm not a fan of yours, but I must give credit where credit is due!! .

3:00 am July 12, 2011

Anonymous wrote:

Nice gesture (but questionably convenient), though still think he'd be awful as President

11:55 am July 12, 2011

Anonymous wrote:

How long before Wander Pants is caught philandering? It's only a matter of time...

8:42 am July 20, 2011

Jenny wrote:

Is this fact or fiction?

NOT A BAD IDEA!!!!
I expect that most of us agree that Congress acts in its own interest most of the time; not that they are evil people, simply because the system allows it and they're accustomed to it. I doubt that most politicians even realize that true leadership often requires leading by example.

Most have no business experience and follow the lead of the successfully re-elected...why not?

What bothers me most is that we'll read this, likely agree that these are reasonable reforms, and yet nothing will happen! If it's true, that nearly everyone will receive this in 3 days, maybe someone will actually put together an action plan.

( California last year voted to withhold pay from legislators if a budget wasn't approved by the start of the fiscal year. it was rewarding to see that yesterday they acted on time for the first time in years. It was a lousy budget, but witholding their pay got their attention!...it CAN work)

“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people; it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests”.
- Patrick Henry -

I have totally cleaned this e-mail from all other names, sending it to you in hopes you will keep it going and keep it clean. This is something I will fight for and I hope you all read it all the way through. You will be glad you did.

The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971...before computers, before e-mail, before cell phones, etc.

Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or less to become the law of the land...all because of public pressure.

I'm asking each addressee to forward this email to a minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise.

In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one idea that really should be passed around.

Congressional Reform Act of 2011

1. No Tenure / No Pension.
A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.

2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security.
All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.

3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.

4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.

6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.

7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/12.
The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen. Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.

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THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!!!!!

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